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s. H. GRAY.

Wooden Dish.

'(Model.)

Patented Oct., 26, 1880:..

UNITED STATES BATENT FFICEO SYLVESTER H. GRAY, OF'NEW BERNE, NORTH CAROLINA.

,WOODEN DISH.

4 SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,615, dated October 26, 1880.

Application filed September 3, 1880.

Io all whom it may concern Beit known that I, SYLVESTER H. GRAY, of New Berne, in the county ot' Oraven and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wooden Dishes; and I do hereby declare the following to be aful], clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in wooden dishes ?or grocers use; and it consists in a dish made from a vencer of wood, which has each of its ends divided into three parts, all of which are cut diagonal to the wood at their inner edges, and folded so that the central' piece is placed between the other two, and then all three pieces secured together by means of tacks, as will bc more fully described hereinafter.

Heretofore the wooden dishes that have been placed upon'the market have nearly always been weakest at the ends, and hence have been of but very little practical use.

The object of my invention is to make the ends ot' the dishes stronger than at any other part without adding anything to the cost of their construction.

Figure 1 is a perspective of one of my dishes. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View ot' the blank from which the dish is formed.

A represents a suitable piece of veneer, such as is generally used in the manufacture of wooden dishes for grocers use, and which has each one of its ends divided into the two outer pieces, B, and the central piece, C. The two outer pieces, B, are cut diagonally across the (Model.)

grain at their inner edges, and then these two edges are turned up, as shown, so that one will come inside and the other outside of the central piece, C. Each one of these side pieces, B, is then secured in position by means of a tack which is driven through its outer corner and then clinched. As both tacks pass through all three pieces, it will readil y be seen that they are held together very firmly.

By cutting the two end pieces diagonally across the wood and removing no part ot' the veneer the full strength of the wood is preserved, and by having a treble thickness ot' material at each end the dishes are made stronger at the ends than at any other point.

Another advantage gained consists in folding the ends of the box` so that one outside piece shall be inside and the other one outside ot' the central piece, O. By thus folding the ends a closer and better fitting joint is made at each end, and the dish is much less liable to leak or let its contents run out.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A wooden dish for grocers use having each end divided into the three parts B B 0, all cut diagonal to the wood at their inner edges and folded, one outer piece inside and the other one outside ot' the central piece, l, all being secured together by tacks which pass through all three thicknesses of material, substantially as described.

ln testimony that I claim the` foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day ot' August, 1880.

SYLVESTER H. GRAY.

Witnesses:

R. J. DISOSWAY, MATTHIAs MANLY. 

